November 4, 2025 - Voting results for the 2025 November Constitutional Amendments election and the City of Center election are all in.
In the City of Center election, incumbents David Chadwick retains his position as Mayor and Howell Howard retains his position as Council Member, District 3. Both races were unopposed. Also, incumbent Joyce Johnson retained her position as Council Member, District 1.
In the Constitutional Amendments, the majority of Shelby County voted to approve all of the amendments. Click here to view the Statewide Results for the Constitutional Amendments.
*Note: Early voting totals include absentee ballots as well. Election results are unofficial until they have been canvassed by the City of Center or the Commissioners' Court.
Ballots Cast in City of Center Election
City of Center Mayor Race (Unopposed)
David Chadwick
Early Voting - 117
Election Day + Early (Total) Voting - 236
City of Center Council Member, District 1
Joyce Johnson
Early Voting - 30
Election Day + Early (Total) Voting - 57
Delbert Jackson
Early Voting - 16
Election Day + Early (Total) Voting - 33
City of Center Council Member, District 3 (Unopposed)
Howell Howard
Early Voting - 35
Election Day + Early (Total) Voting - 66
Ballots Cast in Constitutional Amendment Election
Early - 644
Election Day - 1,377
Total - 2,021
STATE Proposition 1
"The constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the permanent technical institution infrastructure fund and the available workforce education fund to support the capital needs of educational programs offered by the Texas State Technical College System."
Early Voting
For - 443
Against - 198
Election Day + Early (Total) Voting
For - 1,377
Against - 610
STATE Proposition 2
"The constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of a tax on the realized or unrealized capital gains of an individual, family, estate, or trust."
Early Voting
For - 544
Against - 96
Election Day + Early (Total) Voting
For - 1,690
Against - 305
STATE Proposition 3
"The constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony."
Early Voting
For - 468
Against - 170
Election Day + Early (Total) Voting
For - 1,480
Against - 503
STATE Proposition 4
"The constitutional amendment to dedicate a portion of the revenue derived from state sales and use taxes to the Texas water fund and to provide for the allocation and use of that revenue."
Early Voting
For - 388
Against - 250
Election Day + Early (Total) Voting
For - 1,167
Against - 804
STATE Proposition 5
"The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation tangible personal property consisting of animal feed held by the owner of the property for sale at retail."
Early Voting
For - 532
Against - 106
Election Day + Early (Total) Voting
For - 1,640
Against - 334
STATE Proposition 6
"The constitutional amendment prohibiting the legislature from enacting a law imposing an occupation tax on certain entities that enter into transactions conveying securities or imposing a tax on certain securities transactions."
Early Voting
For - 487
Against - 149
Election Day + Early (Total) Voting
For - 1,472
Against - 473
STATE Proposition 7
"The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a veteran who died as a result of a condition or disease that is presumed under federal law to have been service-connected."
Early Voting
For - 595
Against - 46
Election Day + Early (Total) Voting
For - 1,866
Against - 128
STATE Proposition 8
"The constitutional amendment to prohibit the legislature from imposing death taxes applicable to a decedent's property or the transfer of an estate, inheritance, legacy, succession, or gift."
Early Voting
For - 562
Against - 74
Election Day + Early (Total) Voting
For - 1,774
Against - 217
STATE Proposition 9
"The constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the market value of tangible personal property a person owns that is held or used for the production of income."
Early Voting
For - 544
Against - 94
Election Day + Early (Total) Voting
For - 1,690
Against - 287
STATE Proposition 10
"The constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of the appraised value of an improvement to a residence homestead that is completely destroyed by a fire."
Early Voting
For - 616
Against - 25
Election Day + Early (Total) Voting
For - 1,884
Against - 107
STATE Proposition 11
"The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to increase the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the market value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled."
Early Voting
For - 559
Against - 80
Election Day + Early (Total) Voting
For - 1,704
Against - 289
STATE Proposition 12
"The constitutional amendment regarding the membership of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, the membership of the tribunal to review the commission's recommendations, and the authority of the commission, the tribunal, and the Texas Supreme Court to more effectively sanction judges and justices for judicial misconduct."
Early Voting
For - 513
Against - 127
Election Day + Early (Total) Voting
For - 1,600
Against - 353
STATE Proposition 13
"The constitutional amendment to increase the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district from $100,000 to $140,000."
Early Voting
For - 595
Against - 44
Election Day + Early (Total) Voting
For - 1,813
Against - 184
STATE Proposition 14
"The constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, establishing the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund to provide money for research on and prevention and treatment of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and related disorders in this state, and transferring to that fund $3 billion from state general revenue."
Early Voting
For - 402
Against - 237
Election Day + Early (Total) Voting
For - 1,230
Against - 746
STATE Proposition 15
"The constitutional amendment affirming that parents are the primary decision makers for their children."
Early Voting
For - 560
Against - 80
Election Day + Early (Total) Voting
For - 1,789
Against - 199
STATE Proposition 16
"The constitutional amendment clarifying that a voter must be a United States citizen."
Early Voting
For - 572
Against - 66
Election Day + Early (Total) Voting
For - 1,819
Against - 178
STATE Proposition 17
"The constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the amount of the market value of real property located in a county that borders the United Mexican States that arises from the installation or construction on the property of border security infrastructure and related improvements."
Early Voting
For - 522
Against - 115
Election Day + Early (Total) Voting
For - 1,617
Against - 352
